wickedly
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wick·ed
(wĭk′ĭd)adj. wick·ed·er, wick·ed·est
1. Evil or immoral: "this wicked man Hitler, the repository and embodiment of many forms of soul-destroying hatred" (Winston S. Churchill).
2. Playfully malicious or mischievous: a wicked prank; a critic's wicked wit.
3. Severe and distressing: a wicked cough; a wicked gash; wicked driving conditions.
4. Highly offensive; obnoxious: a wicked stench.
5. Slang Strikingly good, effective, or skillful: a wicked curve ball; a wicked imitation.
adv. Slang
Used as an intensive: "a ... body suit, which she describes as wicked comfortable" (Nathan Cobb).
[Middle English, alteration of wicke, ultimately from Old English wicca, sorcerer; see witch.]
wick′ed·ly adv.
wick′ed·ness n.
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Adv. | 1. | wickedly - in a wicked evil manner; "act wickedly"; "grin evilly" |
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Translations
بصورَةٍ شِرّيرَه أو مُؤْذِيَه
illgirnislega
zlobno
kötülükle
wickedly
[ˈwɪkɪdlɪ] ADV1. (= evilly) [behave, destroy] → malvadamente, cruelmente
2. (= naughtily) [grin, laugh, suggest] → con picardía
a wickedly funny play → una obra para desternillarse de risa
a wickedly funny play → una obra para desternillarse de risa
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
wickedly
adv
(= mischievously) smile, look, grin → frech
(inf) expensive → unverschämt
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
wickedly
[ˈwɪkɪdlɪ] adv (remark, smile, behave) → perfidamente, con cattiveria; (roguishly) → maliziosamentewickedly expensive → terribilmente costoso
a wickedly humorous play → una commedia maliziosamente spiritosa
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
wicked
(ˈwikid) adjective evil; sinful. He is a wicked man; That was a wicked thing to do.
ˈwickedly adverbˈwickedness noun
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